A moment of weakness.

[simballoon]

A new antique shop opened up near me and I decided to check it out yesterday after work. I saw a few table radios, but ended up caving in and buying an old Silvertone console I found partially buried against the wall. From what I have been able to gleem, it is a model 7065 and is probably 1933-34, making it the first earlier Silvertone I have found

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[aerofox]

Oh, nice!
That is a Colonial made Silvertone. They are very well made!
Out of Buffalo NY, Colonial made radios under their own name at first, but later was contracted by Sears to only make radios for them. later on they merged with Sylvania and became Sylvania's plant for radios and televisions.

Through the 30s, Colonial was run by Stuart Symington who also made speakers under his name around 1930. Here is an interview of Symington who later went into the Air Force and yet later became a US Senator.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/symton.htm

Sorry if I'm rambling on with probably more information than you wanted ;)

[simballoon]

No problem, I am glad to hear you rambling about radios to me. You were a bit on the quiet side there for a bit. Anyways, this radio is odd that it uses four type 45 tubes for outputs! Not sure why, maybe a bit of 'tube bloat'? I do recall seeing early 40's Silvertones and Firestones with four 6k6 tubes for outputs as well. I do know that manufacuers (even Zenith) sometimes added in tubes for no other reason than to up the count. In any case, will be interesing to hear this set when it gets going. The rectifier is an 83 of all things. Speaker cone has a hole and a split in it, so might have to work some magic there. Last time I revived a badly split cavas Philco cone with a shopping receipt! Still working. :)